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GENERAL COACHING
LINKS & RESOURCES
- A
STATE BY STATE Tournament Board Add/search
for tournament, scrimmage game requests, friendly games in eteamz
tournament
database
- A
STATE BY STATE Team Announcement Board Add/search
for team openings, team tryouts, coach openings, tournament openings,
or
even post your tournament results or congratulatory notes on the eteamz
team announcment board.
- Activefundraising.com - Active Fundraising is your one-stop
source for high-quality fundraisers,
sales tips and more! Choose from a wide array of direct-sale products
like
candy bars and scratch cards. Or, raise money through glossy
order-taker
brochures that sell everything from tasty snacks to cool safety kits
- http://eteamz.active.com/company/fundraising/
- ACTIVEGIVING.COM
- The
ActiveGiving software program helps you collect donations directly
through your eteamz web site or any web site on the Internet. Once the
campaign web site is formed, individual and team fundraisers create
their own secondary web pages to track their efforts.
- A
Softball Coaches Tool Kit - a comprehensive softball coaches
manual.
An excellent resource for coaches at all levels. Includes a CD with 145
easily customized "Tools" such as Practice Plans, Drills,
Contests/Games,
Outfield Clinic, Team Handbook. Softball Exam, Assessments,
Evaluations,
Scouting, Motivation, Communication and a Scorecard. Topics include
Equipment,
Uniforms and Team Trips.
- American
Sport Education Program
- Athlonic -
Wheeler
Dealer Automatic Soft Toss Machine - New Product - Only soft-toss
machine
with adjustable speed and height capabilities. Throws virtually any
type
of ball including whiffle, tennis, and racquetballs. Holds 18 softballs
or 27-28 baseballs. Corded and rechargeable battery versions available
(good for 12+ hour!!!). Call for more information and a free video.
- B
& N Softball Page Devoted to Slow pitch Softball. We will be
updating
our page with a new article every few weeks or so, discussing topics
that
deal with slo-pitch softball. Read about our bat reviews, the latest on
Cryogenics, bat wall thickness and info on bat alloys & discussions
with top experts in various fields.
- Baseballtips.com
Improve Your Game by Using Our Free Articles
- Catcher's
Corner This page is devoted solely to those special people who run
the game, catchers. Here you will find almost everything you need to
know
about calling pitches, plus, a section about how to call pitches in
various
game situations.
- Cindy
Bristow-Softball
Excellence (Tallahassee, FL) Coaching
instructional
information-packed site all written by Cindy Bristow, former Director
of
Junior Olympic Softball for ASA/USA Softball and current Professional
coach
of the Georgia Pride. Books and manuals on every softball coaching
topic
including strategy, coverages, signals, charts, pitching, hitting
fielding
drills, practice organization and sequential photos of elite pitchers.
- Coaching
Girls Softball (ages 8-10)
- Complete
Pitching Clinics & Softball Instruction
- Dealing
with Slumps
- Fastpitch
Coaching Tips
- Fastpitch
Drills and Tips by eteamz - FastPitch Softball Drills broken down
into
Batting Pitching, Hitting, Catching, Fielding, and Speed.
- Fastpitch
Pitching
Instructional Videos (with
George's live action pitching film clips) -
The Rhythm & Balance Pitching Method by
George
Jones "the St. Louis Pitching Coach Guru", DEVELOPS the COMPLETE
PITCHER which encompasses BALL MOVEMENT, SPEED, LOCATION and MOUND
CONFIDENCE.
As you read George's impressive background, you will see that
this
system of Rhythm & Balance Pitching worked well for him and is
working
for his students as well. Through the years, the students that adhered
to George's teaching received College Scholarship offers and through
these
same years, the parents' savings were in excess of $2,500,000.00!
Over his career, there have been 300+ girls that have received
scholarship
offers. George is in the Indiana ASA Softball Hall of Fame & has
been
a Professional Instructor for 26+ Years. Now his expertise is available
on video. FREE PITCHING ANALYSIS WITH VIDEO ORDER!
- Fastpitch Drills
- Fastpitch
Tips and Drills
- Frozen
Ropes Training
Center
- Higher
Ground Softball (Tifton, GA) Softball instructional services &
products, including videos. books, camps, clinics, & training
equipment.
Founded in 1989 by Bobby Simpson.
- Jeff's
Hitting Tips (Toronto, Canada) Jeff's Hitting Tips- The Hitter's
Checklist,
Mental preparation and visualization, Warm-up, Understanding current
situations,
Gripping the bat, Stance, Your hitting trigger, The swing and
follow-through,
Training your eyes, Proper footwork, Definine your role in certain
situations,
Knowing your own swing - strengths and weaknesses, Practice techniques,
How to get out of a slump.
- NFCA (National
Fastpitch
Coaches Assn)
- National
Fast Pitch Pitching Coach Registry (Modesto, California) A site
where
a pitching coach can leave contact info so I can refer parents looking
for a coach in their part of the country. A free service.
- National
Sports Clinics (Pittsburg, Kansas) Widely recognized as the leader
in quality coaches clinics in the United States, we provide the
opportunity
to learn the finer points of fastpitch softball from the most
knowledgeable
and experienced clinicians in the world. We also offer a wide variety
of
books, videos, JUGS equipment, pins, pin traders, visors and much more.
- Nokona
Glove Care Great tips for measuring your hand for a good fit,
discusses
glove size designations for types of play and positions.
- Minnesota
Fastpitch
Coaching Tips Tips for hitting, pitching, catching, sliding,
increasing
speed, indoor drills, and more.
- Pitch a Fit
Fastpitch
(Tidewater, Virginia) Pitch a Fit offers instruction in pitching,
hitting,
fielding, throwing, and overall fastpitch skills. We have conducted
numerous
camps and clinics in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina,
and Maryland. Our overall goal is to provide the very best fastpitch
training
to all levels of players.
- Pitching
Instructional
Videos (with George's live action pitching film clips) -
The Rhythm & Balance Pitching Method by
George
Jones "the St. Louis Pitching Coach Guru", DEVELOPS the COMPLETE
PITCHER which encompasses BALL MOVEMENT, SPEED, LOCATION and MOUND
CONFIDENCE.
As you read George's impressive background, you will see that
this
system of Rhythm & Balance Pitching worked well for him and is
working
for his students as well. Through the years, the students that adhered
to George's teaching received College Scholarship offers and through
these
same years, the parents' savings were in excess of $2,500,000.00!
Over his career, there have been 300+ girls that have received
scholarship
offers. George is in the Indiana ASA Softball Hall of Fame & has
been
a Professional Instructor for 26+ Years. Now his expertise is available
on video. FREE PITCHING ANALYSIS WITH VIDEO ORDER!
- Positive
Coaching
Alliance
- Practice
Drillls
- ProRank
Softball Coaching Resources
- Shortstroke
Trainer
(Jamesville, NC) The Shortstroke Trainer is a muscle-memory device that
develops a short, compact path to the ball. It prevents common problems
such as wrapping, sweeping, casting, and dropping the barrell. Visit
our
website for a video clip and more info.
- Siek's
Psych Corner - This page is brought to you by Rick Siekmann (Siek)
who is a fellow softball maniac with a degree in psychology and a
special
interest in sports psychology. Siek has spent literally years searching
for the competitive edge it offers and would like to share sports
psychology
perspectives with all of us.
- Smartsoftball.net
- Free instructional advice for coaches, pitchers and instructors.
- Softball
Coach - Various coaching tips for Girls Fast Pitch Softball. Tips
on
Hitting, Bunting, Fielding, Base Running, Mental Focus/Discipline and
College
Preparation. We also have a Message Board where you can post any
questions
or tips/drills you wish, or you can just talk softball.
- Softball
Hitting Tips (Slopitch's Softball page) Select the right size bat
for
increased bat speed and performance. This page provides some important
factors to consider when choosing your bat.
- Softballcoach59.com
Softballcoach59.com is part of the Youth Sports Club. The Youth Sports
Club is the premier web site on the internet which produces and
distributes
high quality instructional softball videos and books for softball
coaches
and parents.
- Softball
Tips Page - tips on pitching, catching, sportsmanship and more
brought
to you by 2 high school fastpitch players
- Speed
Training
- Speedy's
Softball Hut - A Fastpitch Softball Resource (USA) This site is an
archive of different plays to use on the field and it is also a
personal
page for my softball team. It should prove helpful to any fastpitch
softball
players (high school level).
- SportsScience
- an interdisciplinary site for research on human physical performance
- SportSpecific.com -
(Sioux City, IA) Softball training, drills, and tips for
fastpitch,
slow-pitch, youth, men and women players and coaches
- Super
Tips from Super Players
- Tee
Hitting
- Tips
to Improve Outfield Play Everyone knows the importance of having
outfielders
with great speed, a good arm, and the ability to make routine catches.
But how much time is devoted to the little things that make these
skills
possible? Your players can benefit from spending a small portion of
your
practice time on outfield preparation.
- Weight
Training for Sports (Slopitch's Softball page) Some great info to
print
out and give to your athletes
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UNITED
STATES COACHES' RESOURCES
Make sure to check all the
links
under the General Coaching Links & Resources
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CANADIAN
COACHES' RESOURCES
Make sure to check all the
links
under the General Coaching Links & Resources
- Coaching
Association of Canada The Coaching
Association
of Canada (CAC) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to
establish
education, training and ethical standards for coaches in Canada.
- Jeff's
Hitting Tips (Toronto, Canada) Jeff's Hitting Tips- The Hitter's
Checklist,
Mental preparation and visualization, Warm-up, Understanding current
situations,
Gripping the bat, Stance, Your hitting trigger, The swing and
follow-through,
Training your eyes, Proper footwork, Definine your role in certain
situations,
Knowing your own swing - strengths and weaknesses, Practice techniques,
How to get out of a slump.
- Pickering
Softball Assoication's Executive Council & Member Contact Lists
(Pickering , Onatrio , Canada)
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EUROPEAN & OTHER COACH'S
RESOURCES
& LINKS
Make sure to check all the
links
under the General Coaching Links & Resources
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